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Police officials on Thursday said the marriage appeared to be part of an effort to prevent the suspects from being prosecuted. (Representational Image)

Bangladesh police force gangrape victim to marry suspect

The mother-of-three had accused five men of confining her to a room and sexually assaulting her multiple times between Aug 29 and 31.

13 Sep 2019 8:47 AM

The police have yet to file a rape case against the Chinamayanand, who runs several ashrams and institutions. (Photo: File)

BJP leader Chinmayanand, accused of rape, questioned for 7 hours

The interrogation came nearly a month after the woman and her family went public with rape and blackmail allegations against the leader.

13 Sep 2019 8:39 AM

The woman has alleged that she was filmed, blackmailed and raped repeatedly by Chinmayanand, who has not been questioned by the police so far. (Photo: File)

Rape accused BJP leader Chinmayanand summoned, will be probed: report

The police official said that the BJP leader was summoned three days ago but couldn’t appear due to health reasons.

12 Sep 2019 1:03 PM

The bench asked Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to prepare a status report with respect to the remaining girls and submit it before the court in eight weeks. (Representational Image)

SC orders Bihar govt to reunite 8 girls of shelter home with their families

The court also said that financial, medical and educational assistance must be given to the eight survivors.

12 Sep 2019 12:06 PM

'Raising an allegation of sexual assault is an incredibly difficult thing to do -- for additional distress to be caused through the way these allegations are handled is incredibly distressing,' Ardern said in a statement. (Photo: File | AP)

Mistakes made: NZ PM apologises for party's handling of sexual assault claim

The 19-year-old woman alleges the staffer sexually assaulted her at his home in February last year.

11 Sep 2019 12:17 PM

The former Union minister, however, refuted the allegations and called it a ‘conspiracy’ to blackmail him. (Photo: File)

Why is Chinmayanand still out, asks UP student after rape charge

On Monday, the woman appeared before the media and alleged that Chinmayanand 'raped her and even exploited her physically for one year'

10 Sep 2019 3:44 PM

Rights activists said the assaults -- which range from violent rapes to forcible kissing -- are so pervasive that the cases reported in the media are just the tip of the iceberg. (Photo: AFP)

‘Raped when I was 7’: Ex-Students at Bangladesh madrasas recount their horror

He was accused of being ‘an agent of Jews and Christians’ and smearing the ‘sacred image’ of a madrasa by a social media user.

29 Aug 2019 4:16 PM

New York prosecutors announced on Thursday that they had filed a new indictment against the 67-year-old former producer. (Photo: AP | File)

Harvey Weinstein to hear new sexual assault allegations against him today

The document is expected to be made public on Monday, two weeks before jury selection for his trial is scheduled to start on Sep 9.

26 Aug 2019 3:04 PM

Bowles received the death penalty for the November 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville Beach. (Photo: AP)

Serial killer who preyed on older gay men executed in Florida prison

The sentence was carried out at 10:58 pm, according to the office of Gov Ron DeSantis.

23 Aug 2019 1:35 PM

Epstein, 66, killed himself in his New York prison cell August 10, a little over a month after he was arrested on sex trafficking charges. (Photo: File)

Citing rape, other sex acts, 3 women sue Jeffrey Epstein’s estate

The lawsuits in Manhattan federal court were filed on behalf of women who remained anonymous.

22 Aug 2019 12:52 PM

Less than 48 hours later, he was found dead in his cell, prompting an investigation that has cast a harsh light on staffing shortages at the Manhattan detention centre. (Photo: File)

Jeffrey Epstein signed his will 2 days before committing suicide

Court papers filed last week in the US Virgin Islands list no details of beneficiaries but valued the estate at more than USD 577 million.

20 Aug 2019 10:43 AM

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea of the Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal seeking quashing of charges framed against him in sexual assault case. (Photo: File)

'Complete trial within 6 months': SC dismisses Tarun Tejpal's plea

According to Tejpal’s lawyer the allegations of rape against the senior journalist were tailor-made and had no truth.

19 Aug 2019 10:57 AM

Vazquez denied the allegations, and members of the church came to court to support him. Other parishioners, some wearing green ribbons, came to support the victims. (Photo: Representational)

‘He wore priest's clothes, but was devil underneath’: US Court convicts sex abuser

Vazquez was convicted of three charges of second-degree sexual abuse of a child and one count of misdemeanour sex abuse of a child.

16 Aug 2019 1:15 PM

The law creating the litigation window the Child Victims Act passed earlier this year following more than a decade of debate in Albany. (Representational Image)

Justice late, not denied: New York’s new rule to allow old abuse suits

Wednesday could begin a year of financial reckoning for many large institutions that care for children.

12 Aug 2019 12:12 PM

'On Friday, we got a rape complaint by an inspector and a video was also shot which was used to sexually assault her several times,' Deputy Superintendent of Police, Pushpa said. (Photo: ANI)

Police inspector held for raping woman in Haryana

The woman stated she had a case registered in Gurugram which is why she got in touch with the inspector.

11 Aug 2019 11:17 AM

After the women constables went back, he barged inside and raped her. (Representational Image)

Delhi Police constable rapes Tihar Jail inmate in moving train

According to complaint, the incident took place on August 3 when woman was returning to Delhi after attending court hearing in Murshidabad.

07 Aug 2019 3:46 PM

SC reserves verdict on Tarun Tejpal’s plea

The trial court in Goa had in 2017 framed charges against Mr Tejpal on the allegation of sexual assault and wrongful confinement.

07 Aug 2019 3:04 AM

A junior colleague of Tejpal had accused him of sexually assaulting her inside a lift at a five-star hotel in Goa during an event in 2013, triggering massive public outrage. (Photo: File)

Why did you apologise if sexual assault charges are false: SC asks Tarun Tejpal

According to Tejpal’s lawyer the allegations of rape against the senior journalist were tailor-made and had no truth.

06 Aug 2019 3:05 PM

A 39-year-old Indian man was found guilty on Monday of molesting an air stewardess on a flight from Cochin to Singapore in 2017, according to a media report. (Representational Image)

His pants were unzipped: Indian man molests air hostess on Singapore bound flight

He faces a maximum of two years' jail, fine, caning, or any combination of these punishments for each charge.

05 Aug 2019 3:21 PM

Chowdhury said: 'We demand that the Home Minister should come to the House and give a statement. What kind of a society are we talking about, where such an incident can happen.' (Photo: ANI)

‘Blot on civilised society,’ says Oppn, asks Shah to give statement on Unnao case

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the matter should not be 'politicised'.

30 Jul 2019 1:32 PM

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